Sarah M. Rattanavong-Wash

Cindy and Greg Johnson live on the second floor of a lovely, modest home in Woodbury. Their daughter Jenna lives in an apartment on the first floor.

I've got a secret: I love Frasier. Insanely. Over-the-top. Hence my embarrassingly enthusiastic response to the opportunity to cover David Hyde Pierce's appearance at the Guthrie Theater on March 13 as part of the Guthrie's In Conversation with Joe Dowling series.

UCare's March 16 announcement that it will  give back $30 million to the State of Minnesota came amid mounting criticsm of state payments to HMOs. Why the payback?

It's "the right thing to do," said UCare president Nancy Feldman. Governor Mark Dayton called on other HMOs to follow UCare's lead. Critics of HMO contracts with the state said it was not enough.

Local fans of post-punk, Britpop, and New Wave should be well acquainted by now with the name Jake Rudh—or at least with his weekly event Transmission, currently hosted on Wednesdays at Clubhouse Jäger, a Teutonic yet cosmopolitan club in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis. There, Rudh spins an eclectic and always interesting mix of quality music, featuring theme nights once a month.